tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post3971902275000202503..comments2024-02-18T00:11:11.490-08:00Comments on Heroines of Fantasy: Wit, and a Round TableHeroines of Fantasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169664399606524540noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-24389731032194365772013-08-20T11:24:05.810-07:002013-08-20T11:24:05.810-07:00Eeep! I will have to watch this. Thanks, Clint!
A...Eeep! I will have to watch this. Thanks, Clint!<br /><br />And you know, once you said Jennifer Jason Leigh, I remembered the movie. I might have actually seen it!<br /><br />I wonder if that's where I know the A.R.T. from...Terri-Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468004163467894720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-45417749949653722822013-08-20T11:09:39.393-07:002013-08-20T11:09:39.393-07:00Oh no, Terri. It's Jennifer Jason Leigh as Do...Oh no, Terri. It's Jennifer Jason Leigh as Dorothy Parker. It's called Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, and it's great. I thought, anyway. <br /><br />Here's the IMDB for it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110588/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-24251942812524943412013-08-20T07:46:31.770-07:002013-08-20T07:46:31.770-07:00There's a movie?? I'm going to have to loo...There's a movie?? I'm going to have to look that up. I wonder if Katherine Hepburn plays Dorothy Parker. Or Lauren Bacall. Or Liz Bankroft...Terri-Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468004163467894720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-55436948002419122872013-08-20T06:12:11.341-07:002013-08-20T06:12:11.341-07:00I feel there should be a voice-over PSA here: &quo...I feel there should be a voice-over PSA here: "Have you spoken to your daughter about the Algonquin Round Table?" <br />I have the Portable Dorothy Parker and several Robert Benchley collections. (I like Benchley better than Thurber.) And I have introduced a few deserving people to Parker's short stories. Reading "The Little Hours" out loud is difficult because I laugh too hard.<br /><br />I was thinking 'but there was a movie about them! not long ago!' when I realised it probably was something like 20 yrs ago that it came out. Sigh. batgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15143310557906978680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-34451070576336817582013-08-19T13:06:16.143-07:002013-08-19T13:06:16.143-07:00Clint--(it's me, Terri, posting from the other...Clint--(it's me, Terri, posting from the other computer who strangely sends all my comments to my own site to the spam folder.)<br /><br />Exactly!! That is another thing that doesn't happen quite so readily in a face-to-face situation; getting one's panties in a twist over some imagined slight. It happens, but it doesn't seem to flair as quickly or as hotly as it does on line. I suppose that's why it's referred to as a flamewar.Heroines of Fantasyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07169664399606524540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-91799826703750832582013-08-19T12:41:46.192-07:002013-08-19T12:41:46.192-07:00I was on a long break from Asimov's once, but ...I was on a long break from Asimov's once, but when I returned, I heard Kurt Vonnegut had died. So, I posted "So it goes."<br /><br />People were PISSED. It was only when another forumite pointed out that was what KV would have said in "Slaughterhouse Five" did the potential for rabid fandom firestorm pass.<br /><br />I'd like to think Kurt would have thought it was funny. But what kind of rabid fans don't know that saying from Vonnegut? SheeshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-29158949377826826292013-08-19T09:09:12.630-07:002013-08-19T09:09:12.630-07:00Deb--very true. It's so hard to know if people...Deb--very true. It's so hard to know if people actually GOT what you're saying. Sarcasm is hard to pull off on the internet. I think flame wars all hinge on the fact that wording being off by just a little bit can cause the meaning to get changed too easily. For some, that's all the opening needed.Terri-Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468004163467894720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-9108570199743313742013-08-19T08:42:23.510-07:002013-08-19T08:42:23.510-07:00Google Plus Hangouts have some potential for an ex...Google Plus Hangouts have some potential for an exchange of snappy dialogue. I like the idea of seeing the people I'm talking with. You only have to be presentable from shoulders up, and can eat, drink and be merry with whatever you have on hand -- free.<br /><br />My biggest problem with online discussion is my penchant for sarcasm. If I could see faces, I could read reactions and have a clue whether anyone understood that I was being sarcastic.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04853739725813642402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-9953171805800897342013-08-19T08:33:16.641-07:002013-08-19T08:33:16.641-07:00Clint--good point! And I believe the Algonquin Hot...Clint--good point! And I believe the Algonquin Hotel was kind of ritzy.<br /><br />I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds the forums online to echo that fabulous ART experience. Sometimes the wit falls out of the firestorms, but there really are some great places to hang out.<br /><br />Yeah, I still keep hoping Livejournal will be resurrected, but it just keeps getting quieter and quieter. :(Terri-Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468004163467894720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-14380756961298299092013-08-19T08:26:40.544-07:002013-08-19T08:26:40.544-07:00Years ago, I started getting on the online forums....Years ago, I started getting on the online forums. I started with Baen's Bar and after discovering the Asimov's forum, I posted most frequently there. I still stay in contact with some of those folks and was glad of the opportunity to get to "hang out" with them. And there was many a long night spent arguing politics or trashing sucky writers to be sure. Good times. Honestly, I think the internet works a little better for the ART experience, since nowadays, most people that write are too poor to afford lunch at a nice hotel.<br /><br />LiveJournal was good while it lasted too, but lacked the rapid-fire banter of a forum.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com